Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Quebec

Pauline Marois Dept: No knockout punches were landed in the two-hour event, the first of four debates scheduled this week. But there was ample opportunity for the candidates to spar, particularly over questions of ethics and governance, according to CBC. "I will never let Prime Minister Stephen Harper choose for us," Marois said in a reminder of spats with the Tories over employment insurance, justice policy and transfer payments. "I won't get on my knees before Ottawa like Charest does. And I won't renounce the sovereignty fight like Legault." The leaders of Quebec's four main political parties squared off on their economic platforms, social policy, governance and the future of Quebec's national identity Sunday night in the first televised debate of the campaign. Parti Quebecois Leader Pauline Marois, who is leading current polls, hammered Liberal Leader Jean Charest's record over the nine years his party formed the province's government and pushed to contrast her party's plans from those of Fran ois Legault, the former PQ minister turned Coalition Avenir Quebec leader. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.